AMAZON WILDLIFE PERU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LOW IMPACT - Part 3: GARBAGE DISPOSAL: • All garbage has to be taken out of the rainforest. Never leave any garbage on the trails or around the eco-lodges. Use Amazon Wildlife Peru´s garbage bags for disposal. • Respect our rules for disposal of garbage in bags for biodegradable and non-biodegradable garbage. • Vegetable and fruit waste cannot be thrown in the river or forest. Even though these may compose quite fast, in the mean time they are a visual contamination for other visitors and might change the biodiversity. The peels may also contain chemicals such as insecticides and preservatives. • Use biodegradable soap and shampoo. If not available, use your non-biodegradable products as little as possible. • If you smoke, make sure you pick up all your cigarette butts. These take a very long time to decay, contaminate the whole area or water and, if eaten before that, can be a health hazard to the animals. • Avoid using plastics that only have a short term use. If plastic is necessary, like plastic bags to keep your clothes dry for example, try to buy bags that can be used again, either by you or the next tourist. If possible, don’t buy any drinks in plastic bottles, opting instead for glass bottles. If buying plastic bottles cannot be avoided, make sure the bottles are returned to Cusco and recycled (put them in the garbage bag for non-biodegradable garbage during your trip with Amazon Wildlife Peru). • Recycle camera/flashlight batteries. Cusco does not have a place to recycle batteries; if this is available in your home country, please take your batteries back with you and recycle them there. Where this is not possible, please leave the batteries with your guide or at the Amazon Wildlife Peru office. We will store them, hoping in the future there will be the possibility of recycling them locally.
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:02:14 +0000
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